This book contains the manuscripts of the papers delivered at the International Sym- posium on Synergetics held at SchloB Elmau, Bavaria, Germany, from April 30 until May 5, 1979. This conference followed several previous ones (Elmau 1972, Sicily 1974, Elmau 1977). This time the subject of the symposium was "pattern formation by dynam- ic systems and pattern recognition". The meeting brought together scientists from such diverse fields as mathematics,...